Re: [jboss-as7-dev] purpose of jboss.node.name and how to set.

Can someone look into this? I'd like to release 7.1.1 today, but this bug looks both severe and annoying. On 3/8/12 9:17 AM, David M. Lloyd wrote: > On 03/08/2012 06:21 AM, Wolf-Dieter Fink wrote: >> I'm a bit confused about the purpose of 'node-name' and how to set it. > > The purpose is to have a unique identifier for a server. There are > several libraries and frameworks which expect this. > >> I found out that the nodes name is required for UserTransaction and also >> a notice: >> >> https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS71/Clustered+EJBs >> If it's on the same machine, the two things you have to make sure is >> that you pass the port offset for the second instance and also make sure >> that each of the server instances have a unique jboss.node.name system >> property > > Right. > >> ==== standalone ==== >> In this mode the only way to set is to use '-Djboss.host.name='. >> I try to use >> <server name="MyNode" xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:1.1"> >> OR >> <system-properties> >> <property name="jboss.node.name" value="MyNode"/> >> </system-properties> >> >> but both won't work (I check with EJBClient.getUserTransaction( >> node-name ) ) but get the error "No EJBReceiver available for node name >> MyNode". > > Then this is a bug. You should be able to specify the node name in the > name attribute of<server> and that's it. If that isn't working then > there's a bug. > >> ==== domain ==== >> I try to check whether the<server name=""> work and use also the >> system-properties element inside each server. >> But both attempts won't work (with EJBClient.getUtx). >> The server name from the configuration is shown always by mgnmt console >> and not reflect the system-properties setting, but the property inside >> the application is set by the system-properties element. > > Same bug, probably. > >> ================== >> >> I'm confused because I expect that I can see the node name (as server >> name) in the console and use the<server name=> also for >> getUserTransaction. >> >> >> >> My Questions about: >> - what is the purpose of node-name (except user identifier for console), >> only a identifier for clustering? > > As above. It's an identifier for Remoting, clustering, and other > subsystems. > >> - Should the node-name in mngmt console and the property jboss.node.name >> get by an application getProperty the same? > > Yes. > >> - am I right that it a bug that the node-name in standalone.xml or >> host.xml won't work for getUserTransaction and I should raise a JIRA? > > Yes. > >> - is it possible that other functions are affected by this? > > Yes. >